Congrats also to the Union of BC Performers on negotiating a “tentative agreement [containing] a 1.5% general wage increase effective March 31, 2013 and another 1.5% increase effective March 30, 2014.”

Equestria Daily (via Whatshisgame) recently posted this video on Vimeo, a 3D animation commissioned by Hasbro for some sort of presentation. So those are, in a way, the first “official” 3D-animated ponies. I detect an egregious lack of Twilight.

If you know something about music, then bookmark this tweet, and in half a year or so, see if you can match it to any new pony song. (Steffan Andrews: “The tempo track of the song I’m orchestrating today. …”)

Finally, what you’ve all been waiting for: Yesterday, Cindy Morrow started to publish some trivia about the early stages of the development of our favorite show; soon others started to chime in, in particular Lauren Faust. Stay tuned for more—if there is more.

Cindy Morrow: “U all know Read’em and Weep had the original title of “Reading Rainbow.” But other suggestions were: A Dash of Fiction, Speed Reader … #MLP” (2013-03-14 23:05Z) “… A Need for Read, Book Before You Leap, Every Trick in the Book… #MLP trivia” (2013-03-14 23:06Z)

Lauren Faust: “@orangemeerkat Pinkie Pie used to have a “power” of sorts when she ate too much candy— a Sugar Rush! #MLPtrivia” (2013-03-15 19:02Z) Lauren Faust: “@orangemeerkat …she’d plow through doors in a fit of speed. The Cakes would have to replace their front door on a weekly basis. #MLPtrivia” (2013-03-15 19:03Z)

Cindy Morrow: “@Fyre_flye Fluttershy was called Shutterfly… About a thousand times by Rob in story meetings!! Ha ha” (2013-03-15 19:07Z) Also kind of trivia, right?